Four Jays Music

02/09/2021

We always cherish and respect the great Oscar Peterson who recorded and performed over 15 of Harry Warren's classics. Enjoy this live performance of "There Will Never Be Another You" at the end of this career and yet always holding court. We honor the "Maharaja of the keyboard" in this esteemed month of Black History.

oscar peterson 1994

12/09/2020

We celebrate the "greatest entertainer ever to grace a stage" on what would be the late Sammy Davis Jr.'s 95th birthday. Harry Warren and Mack Gordon's 1942 song from the film, Iceland, was given a new vibe with Sammy's incredibly suave s**t performance on the legendary Johnny Carson Show--there's no doubt, that "There Will Never Be Another You" Sammy!

In honor of what would have been Johnny Carson's 95th Birthday here is a rare live version of Sammy singing "There Will Never Be Another You." At the end of ...

09/29/2020

Whether you enjoy a double latte, Black-and-Sweet, iced or Extra-Light, on National Coffee Day, we love Romantic Music Planet's creamy Busby Berkeley-esque video version of "Coffee Time" sung by the great Natalie Cole and her sultry voice recorded in 2008. Originally written in 1945 by Harry & Producer & lyricist Arthur Freed for Yolanda and the Thief, the film starred Fred Astaire and Lucille Bremer. It was Harry's hope that this fantastical fairy tale would translate to a box office hit, but in spite of Director Vincente Minnelli's artful touch and involvement of other MGM musical greats behind the camera, critics agree that the lovely music and dance sequences don't offer the same buzz as other MGM classics. We think you'll agree that from the first sip, the perfect time is Coffee Time!

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09/08/2020

With the Labor Day holiday weekend coming to a close, we have to get back right at it tomorrow morning with a little extra help with this upbeat number written in 1926
"Where Do You Work-a, John? (Delaware-Lackawan train song)" composed by Harry with lyrics written by Mortimer Weinberg & Charley Marks and Ernie Krickett.

Recorded by several artists in the Vitagraph era, with Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians, and later by the great Louis Prima. But its feature in this 1931 Betty Boop cartoon "Mask-a-Raid" shows how wide-ranging Harry's music has been used.

Thanks to http://www.heptune.com/maskarai.html for a detailed description of this unique Betty Boop feature.

08/31/2020

We are holding on to an endless Summer Stock that is, with the anniversary of its release 70 years ago. A robust Judy Garland favorite from the iconic blockbuster was cleverly reprised by the NY entertainer Seth Sikes, for the summer fans of Fire Island with his farm friendly take on (Howdy Neighbor) Happy Harvest.

Wishing you all a Howdy Ga**or!

Come on along and take a ride,
And look at life from the cheery side...
Clap your hands and lick your chops
Your bumper crops are on the climb.

Bravo!

08/23/2020

Happy Birthday Gene Kelly! We celebrate him with his endearing performance of "You Wonderful You" with the vivacious Miss Piggy (and Gonzo too) from The Muppets 1981 show. Written by Harry, Saul Chaplin and Jack Brooks for the film Summer Stock in 1950, it's a lovely tribute to the wonderful Gene!

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07/28/2020

Sending a Happy Birthday to the original crooner, Rudy Vallee. Here he sings Harry Warren & Edgar Leslie,'s "Reminiscing" written in 1930. Even a non-fan couldn't help but gush about the suave singer. "Rudy Vallee is reaping the harvest of a seed that is seldom sown this day and age: LOVE. The good-looking little son-of-a-gun really and honestly LOVES his audience and his art. He LOVES to please listeners—LOVES it more than he does his name in the big lights, his mug in the papers." We are thrilled to have over 18 songs recorded by Rudy, including "I Only Have Eyes for You", "Nagasaki", "Sweet Music", and "Would You Like To Take a Walk?".

I long to hear the blue bird's love song at my door
Instead I hear the raven calling never more
Smiles are missing and kiss be true,
My reminiscing of you

recorded 4/16/1930

07/24/2020

We celebrate the life of the truly original "vocalese" jazz singer Annie Ross, who was born July 25, 1930, in Surrey, England. The daughter of Scottish vaudevillians who sent her to Los Angeles when she was 4, she returned to Europe to begin her singing career in earnest, working with such musicians as James Moody, Kenny Clarke and Coleman Hawkins. She settled in New York in the '50s and performed with members of the Modern Jazz Quartet. In 1953, she toured Europe with Lionel Hampton and his band. Recording "This Is Always" in 1957, by Harry and Mack Gordon, this rendition with the Gerry Mulligan Quartet is Ross at her best. In 1996, Ross created one of the most memorable versions of "Coffee Time" by Harry and Arthur Freed.

We are grateful that her recordings and memory lives on.

Jazz vocal Annie Ross & Gerry Mulligan This is always (alternate version)